Discussion - Surprises
Discussion - Surprises
On the course this week, you have been learning about Leicester City's Jamie Vardy. The Leicester striker was working in a factory a few years ago and nobody expected him to be a Premier League player.
Jamie Vardy has surprised everybody by becoming a top football later in his career. Another example of this was Ian Wright, who didn't play in the Premier League until he was 26 years old, but became Arsenal's all-time top scorer! However, it's not only in football where people surprise others or overcome obstacles in their life to achieve great things.
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Can you think of any other footballers who began their football career at a low level but became much better later in life?
Why do you think that some footballers are not noticed early in their careers? Is it because they are too small like Jamie Vardy was?
Do you know anyone who has had to overcome obstacles in their life to achieve their dreams?
How would you describe a person who fights to achieve their goals and dreams in life?
Do you have any goals or dreams? What are they?
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17/04/2017
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1- May be his teammate Mehrez
17/04/2017 12:16
Liverpool
2903
1- May be his teammate Mehrez
16/11/2016
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Many great players around the world weren't noticed because they had physical obstacles.
16/11/2016 19:07
Chelsea
528
Many great players around the world weren't noticed because they had physical obstacles.
09/08/2016
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Because there are better players that them.
09/08/2016 21:12
Liverpool
3705
Because there are better players that them.
09/08/2016
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If you have the determination you can achieve what you want.
09/08/2016 21:11
Liverpool
3705
If you have the determination you can achieve what you want.
09/08/2016
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I would like to be a professional player in the future,I would like to play for Juventus or Liverpool or Celtic.
09/08/2016 21:10
Liverpool
3705
I would like to be a professional player in the future,I would like to play for Juventus or Liverpool or Celtic.
01/08/2016
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- Aritz Aduriz ,player Athletic Bilbao, is 35 years old but now he play better than when he was young.
- There are a lot of players that are very good but they don't became famous by they play in small leagues or another countries where the football isn't know or injuries when are youngs.
- The players that born in Africa I imagine that they have had a easy life and have had hard work to achieve their dreams
- They are people fearless,keen,and ambitious.
- When I was young I'd want to became professional footballer.
Correct me
01/08/2016 18:17
Arsenal
951
- Aritz Aduriz ,player Athletic Bilbao, is 35 years old but now he play better than when he was young.
- There are a lot of players that are very good but they don't became famous by they play in small leagues or another countries where the football isn't know or injuries when are youngs.
- The players that born in Africa I imagine that they have had a easy life and have had hard work to achieve their dreams
- They are people fearless,keen,and ambitious.
- When I was young I'd want to became professional footballer.
Correct me
22/07/2016
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I would like to see one Arsenal's match in the FA Cup in the next few years. I always wanted to visit Highbury but now it's part of the history..
22/07/2016 15:07
Arsenal
3557
I would like to see one Arsenal's match in the FA Cup in the next few years. I always wanted to visit Highbury but now it's part of the history..
22/07/2016
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I know many people who had to fight to survive and feed their family. They are real heroes! You don't need to be famous to be that type of person.
22/07/2016 15:05
Arsenal
3557
I know many people who had to fight to survive and feed their family. They are real heroes! You don't need to be famous to be that type of person.
22/07/2016
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In football it is like in the real life. Yon certainly need some luck. It happens that sometimes player doesn't use his first chance and apparantly never gets his 2nd chance to play.
22/07/2016 15:02
Arsenal
3557
In football it is like in the real life. Yon certainly need some luck. It happens that sometimes player doesn't use his first chance and apparantly never gets his 2nd chance to play.
22/07/2016
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Ian Wright is good example of a late bloomer. After failed trials with Sothend he tried to play even for Greenwich Borough. At the age of 28 he signed for Arsenal. That's where his dreams came true.
22/07/2016 15:00
Arsenal
3557
Ian Wright is good example of a late bloomer. After failed trials with Sothend he tried to play even for Greenwich Borough. At the age of 28 he signed for Arsenal. That's where his dreams came true.
08/07/2016
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a lot of them
08/07/2016 18:59
Manchester City
1734
a lot of them
07/06/2016
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A person who fights to achieve his goals and dreams in life is someone who is ambitious, audacious, always does'nt give up when he intercepted by some obstacles, always thinks about solution, not problems, has stamina to continue, and it's the full part of glass which interested him.
07/06/2016 20:21
Newcastle United
3189
A person who fights to achieve his goals and dreams in life is someone who is ambitious, audacious, always does'nt give up when he intercepted by some obstacles, always thinks about solution, not problems, has stamina to continue, and it's the full part of glass which interested him.
07/06/2016
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Yes I have goals. My biggest one is getting my dream job.
07/06/2016 20:14
Newcastle United
3189
Yes I have goals. My biggest one is getting my dream job.
07/06/2016
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Some footballers are not noticed early in their careers. May be because they are too small like Jamie Vardy was or their playing is not so good. Jamie has said that he found it difficult to adapt to the better quality of football in the Premier League.
07/06/2016 20:10
Newcastle United
3189
Some footballers are not noticed early in their careers. May be because they are too small like Jamie Vardy was or their playing is not so good. Jamie has said that he found it difficult to adapt to the better quality of football in the Premier League.
07/06/2016
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My family remembers that nights when he plays, it's day in USA, but late night here in Arabic world. We hadn't a TV, so my family went to my aunt house to watch him boxing, and it's winter, so they brought with them some blankets. They prepared themselves for that lovely short moments, wich finished very quickly. Great memories with the greatest.
07/06/2016 20:03
Newcastle United
3189
My family remembers that nights when he plays, it's day in USA, but late night here in Arabic world. We hadn't a TV, so my family went to my aunt house to watch him boxing, and it's winter, so they brought with them some blankets. They prepared themselves for that lovely short moments, wich finished very quickly. Great memories with the greatest.
07/06/2016
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I would talk about Muhammad Ali Clay, Peace Upon His Soul. He was a legend, the greatest, a man of principles and convictions, He was and still our hero, we Muslims. We love him a lot, especially when he required that his star must be put on wall not on floor, He and all of us couldn't support that our beloved messanger be stepped by foot.
07/06/2016 19:43
Newcastle United
3189
I would talk about Muhammad Ali Clay, Peace Upon His Soul. He was a legend, the greatest, a man of principles and convictions, He was and still our hero, we Muslims. We love him a lot, especially when he required that his star must be put on wall not on floor, He and all of us couldn't support that our beloved messanger be stepped by foot.
06/06/2016
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The more surprising player I know was the 1965 RCKouba striker named Haddadi who played in the official team from 1965 to 1968 when he came from Bouira without any reputation. As soon as he began with his red hair, he became the first striker in Algeria and lead his team with Zitouni Mustapha as a manager and central back to 1966 Final Cup.
One of my friends when we were in middle classes was very found of cinema. He was always dreaming to be a director. He struggled during these years to achieve seeing his movie classicals using all his money paying for Cinematheque spectacles. He left his High Education in letters to make an apprenticeship with the Algerian TV. He fighted and obtained a bourse to study cinema in Moscou for 6 years. All the dreams he was always talking about were on. He overcame a lot of obstacles doing TV films and movies in the bureaucratic environment with a unique political party. The civil war in 1990's made him leave the RTA and his country to make a live in Canada very far from here and perhaps from his dreams.
06/06/2016 18:15
Manchester City
3988
The more surprising player I know was the 1965 RCKouba striker named Haddadi who played in the official team from 1965 to 1968 when he came from Bouira without any reputation. As soon as he began with his red hair, he became the first striker in Algeria and lead his team with Zitouni Mustapha as a manager and central back to 1966 Final Cup.
One of my friends when we were in middle classes was very found of cinema. He was always dreaming to be a director. He struggled during these years to achieve seeing his movie classicals using all his money paying for Cinematheque spectacles. He left his High Education in letters to make an apprenticeship with the Algerian TV. He fighted and obtained a bourse to study cinema in Moscou for 6 years. All the dreams he was always talking about were on. He overcame a lot of obstacles doing TV films and movies in the bureaucratic environment with a unique political party. The civil war in 1990's made him leave the RTA and his country to make a live in Canada very far from here and perhaps from his dreams.
31/05/2016
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I have a goal and that's to be a deputy director of health services in ghana and am am working towards that with my major in health service management at school currently.
31/05/2016 10:19
Manchester United
4779
I have a goal and that's to be a deputy director of health services in ghana and am am working towards that with my major in health service management at school currently.
31/05/2016
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A person who fights to achieve their goals and dreams in life is someone who is focused, determined and unshakened by the circumstances.
31/05/2016 10:17
Manchester United
4779
A person who fights to achieve their goals and dreams in life is someone who is focused, determined and unshakened by the circumstances.
31/05/2016
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My dad had to overcome a lot of obstacles to achieve his dream of owning a land and putting up a house. He has had to pay our fees; four of us alongside paying for the land and putting up the building. It got challenging sometimes that he had to put on hold the building project but in all he has completed the building and now concentrating on our education. According to him his greatest dream is to get his children to the university and he has done that with myself.
31/05/2016 10:14
Manchester United
4779
My dad had to overcome a lot of obstacles to achieve his dream of owning a land and putting up a house. He has had to pay our fees; four of us alongside paying for the land and putting up the building. It got challenging sometimes that he had to put on hold the building project but in all he has completed the building and now concentrating on our education. According to him his greatest dream is to get his children to the university and he has done that with myself.
31/05/2016
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I think some footballers are not noticed early in their careers because they are either too small or the structures are just not favourable for them to get noticed like in most African countries,.
31/05/2016 10:08
Manchester United
4779
I think some footballers are not noticed early in their careers because they are either too small or the structures are just not favourable for them to get noticed like in most African countries,.
31/05/2016
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In ghana there's a player by name Charles Taylor who was a cobbler played only on weekends with his friends till he had a break through with Accra Hearts of Oak and was one of the best strikers between 2000 to 2006.
31/05/2016 09:48
Manchester United
4779
In ghana there's a player by name Charles Taylor who was a cobbler played only on weekends with his friends till he had a break through with Accra Hearts of Oak and was one of the best strikers between 2000 to 2006.